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Title
The joy of flying : Olympic gold, Air Force Colonel, and teacher : oral history transcript / Archie F. Williams
Creator
Williams, Archie F., 1915-1993, Interviewee
Contributor
Williams, Archie F., 1915-1993, Interviewee
Morris, Gabrielle, Interviewer
Date Created and/or Issued
1993
Publication Information
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000; http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Berkeley, Calif : Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
San Francisco views
Rights Information
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Description
African American athlete, air pilot, and educator, Williams discusses his childhood in Oakland and education at UC, Berkeley; the 1936 Olympics in Berlin; his career in the U.S. Air Force; and teaching and coaching in Marin County, Calif
Interviewed for The University of California black alumni series
Part of the African American Oral History Collection from the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Type
text
Format
85 leaves
Form/Genre
Oral Histories
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb3779n9gv
BANC MSS 94/75 c
Language
English
Subject
African American athletes
African American educators--Interviews
African American air pilots--Interviews
African Americans--California--History

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